Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1887-12-29
it was his custom to give Bas,olt 30 !

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still owes him III s amount. Bassc,t
learned to snuff himself b. smelling
his fingers after carrying snuff to Henry
Clay. and when hc had reached h fifty
years OF service as II Senate employee
the Senators gave him n sold silver
snuf-box. lined with gold. on the lid
of wkich WAC testimonial TO his
fidelity.
Jim Belfor,l, Of Colorado. is fonl Of
plug tobacco and Holman, OF
Indiana hses tho best Of fine cut
Holman Is an ilveteratc chownr and
Hendricks used to say that he carried
a cheap grade of up g-tail twist" about
him to give to his farmer con,t tuents.
but this is probabls Islander.
Hendricks Fixed Detroit line cut and lie
was very fond of cigar.
Gov. Curtin is another CT gar smoker
and he usualls' gets away with about
six day. He says it spells IL cigar 10
cut its eud and that it should be bitten
into with the teeth. us is donn u Cuba
Representative Den >tcr. Of Michigan.
smokes cigarettes and Mr.. GIaSscock.
OF Californ a. during his Congress onal
days was the great garettc smoker OF
the House. Speaker Carlisle's favorils
chew is of the tobacco known rs Peach
Blossom. aud Senator lIarr 8. of
T"nncsscc. bites off h s. chews from II
| plug. Senator Ingalls, smokes OccasI0n-
all AMI he always has cigar for his
Fl ends. and recent est mate showed
That out of the seventy.six Senators.
iitty-c ght used tobacco in one form or
other, and fourteen were fond OF chew
img.
Senator Cockrell is sad to smoke
pipe ut his home, and | have never
seen cigar in his mouth. One OF the
best ways 10 compliment IL public man
TO refer 10 the good quail ly OF his
tonacco, and this reminds me Of IN
office seeking story which is toll OF
Gen. Jackson. The office seeker called
at the Whit House and after chatting
with "Old ii cknr." about the delight
OF smoking and the sweetness of good
tobacco. he said, upon leaving:
MIR. President, want to nsk favor
of you"
"And what place is that" said Jack
son. W tn slight frown of disgust ut
what he had thought to be II friendly
call turned into an otlicc-Sceking sit.
"Ah!' replied tho cringrng office
seeker. "a Am not IN applicant for
position. Al least. not now, but my
father is Us fond Of lnb ,rco ns you are,
and he toll mo it would be the proudcst
dav Of his life if he could have II present
from YOU of one of your pip,s. +" Jack
son at tbs timo was smoking an old
clay pipe, aud he ordered h mes,en-
yer to br ny II fresh onD AS tn was
offered TO tn" oilica-sccker, he replied:
No, Mr.. President. would like to
have the one You are using. Give it
to me just ~ it is. with the ashes
smoking with t. and on will receive
The everlasting thanks of IN; dear faith
cr.'
Jackson handed him tho pipe.
"Oh! Thank You, thank YOU" he
said, AS he wrapped It carefully up in a
silk hunkcrchicf aud bowed himself ont.
The result was that Jackson WAS d.
| lighted. AMI when the mans name really
came up for off some da later he
gave an important place in the Treas.
| urv.
Jackson was an invctcrate smoker,
and it will be Il surprise to many
10 know how many cigars our
public men smoke daily. Grant
smoked fifteen day. Leopold
| Morse of Boston. alwa has cigar
IN his mouth and VIcc-President Colfax
smoked da y his flean cigars. David
! Davis smoked all his llfc. Senator
kenna is II great smoker. ex-senator
Conger smokes three cigars daily, aud
Allison is by no means avcrse to a good
cigar.
The Prince of Wales smokes cigars
and it ~ said that Gladstone smokes a
p pc. Edwin b 'oiIl is Il pipe smoker.
and TennyS N. Thackeray and Bulwer
We're always fond Of the weed. Charles
Lamb is Sd d TO have used very poor
tobacco. aud Isaac Newton lost his
swce heart through his abSentmindcd.
ness IN using her fingers as tobacco
stopper.
lhogas Carlyle liked his pipe. Pope.
G,xiEt R.,ii,yl,r,,l-.,
addicted to snuff and Frederick the
Great had II snuff pocket made in his
vest to satisfy his crav ngs Gibbon,
the historian. WAS II confirmed snuff
taker, and Byron sang tho praises of
tobacco. Milton. Locke. Raleigh.
Zaak Walton. Addison. Steele Robert
| Burns aud walter Scott all used tobacco,
aud Prescott was very fond of smoking
1t Injured his health. however. and
when h 5 phys an linn ted him to one
cigar Il day he ran all over Paris to buy
the biggest one he could find.
Senator Vust used 10 be great
smoker. but he found it WAS iniur ng
his health and he swore of. V Go Pres
dent Colfax stopped using the weed
| for the same reason and there are o
number OF publ C men who think to-
bacco is filthy and will not allow It TO
touch their lips. Hoar, of MasSaciu-
sets, though he once smoked. docs not
now. Senator Blair is ns much OF II
telotaller in tobacco as in liquors, and
Morgan and Pike are not users of tho
tobacco. Washington. Frankl n and
jefferson ne Their smoked nor chewed.
and Hcine. BaIz C aud Goethe detcsted
tobarco. William Penn would not use
it in any form and Oliver Cromwell had
his soldiers tramp down tobacco crops.
In 1880 the Sultan forbade the use OF
tobacco i'll Turkey. and those who
broke the law had their pipes thrust
through their noses AMI. seated on
asses W th the L faces toward tho tails.
they were thus driven through tho